Central University Library Bucharest

ENERGY CONCERNS IN NATIONAL SECURITY AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Energy Transitions and Security Implications
October 23-24, 2025 | Bucharest, Romania

PROGRAM

DAY 1
23rd of October 2025
Part 1 – The Opening
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Location “Carol I” Central University Library Aula
08:00 – 09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Remarks
Mireille Rădoi & Cristian Bușu & Irena Chiru
09:30 – 10:50 1st Session
Moderator: Mireille Rădoi
09:30 – 09:50 Daniela Lulache, Non-resident scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
09:50 – 10:10 Corneliu Bodea, CEO Adrem, President of the Romanian Energy Center
10:10 – 10:30 George Niculescu, President of The National Authority for Energy Regulations
10:30 – 10:50 Landon Derentz, Vice President, Energy and Infrastructure @ Atlantic Council
10:50 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00 2nd Session
Moderator: Irena Chiru
11:00 – 11:20 Erik Elgersma, Founder and Director of Strategic Analysis Services BV
11:20 – 11:40 Jeff Wilson, Senior Advisor for Energy Dominance at the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
11:40 – 12:00 Mian Waqar Badshah, Assistant Professor at University of Istanbul
12:00 – 12:20 Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, Professor of International Politics at the Panteion University of Athens
12:20 – 12:40 Mathew Warren, Director of the RMIT University Centre of Cyber Security Research and Innovation (CCSRI) and a Professor of Cyber Security at RMIT University, Australia
12:40 – 13:00 Cristian Pârvulescu, General Manager and founding partner of ENEVO Group 
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
   

Part 2 – Panel Discussion

1 – Intelligence Session
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Location Aula
Chair Bernard Siman, O.B.E. (Belgium)
Irena Chiru (Romania)
14:00 – 16:30
  • Intelligence Frontlines: Language, Competition, and Energy as Strategic Instruments in Hybrid Warfare
  • From Boardrooms to War Rooms: Competitive Intelligence Across Sectors — A Linguistic Analysis, Catinca Ciornei, Business Intelligence MBA
  • Applicability of Competitor Analysis Techniques in Business Intelligence: Tools, Selection Criteria, and Sectoral Implications, Patricia Alexe, Business Intelligence MBA
  • The Instrumentalisation of Energy in the Disinformation Warfare, Ruxandra Buluc, PhD, MVNIA
  • Interactive Workshop – From analysis to application — testing tools on current energy narratives
  • Prevention Of Weaponization and Enhancing Resilience against security-related disinformation on clean energy (POWER), Ruxandra Buluc, PhD, MVNIA

Panel 2 – Energy Futures
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Location Council Room
Chair Cătălina Nedelcu (Romania)
14:00 – 16:30
  • Igor Linkov, Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM), Army Corps of Engineers, Adjunct Professor
  • Michael Goodsite, Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Adelaide
  • Ambassador Radu Safta – Energy in the dawn of AI and a tense geopolitical context
  • Mihai Mladin, Head of RD&I Department at CRE
  • Corneliu Barbu, Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Daniela Goreacii – REMIT Sanctions in the Romanian Energy Market: Analysing the Investigations and Penalties Applied and Potential Changes under Updated Regulation
  • Olivian Savin, Executive Director FEL România

Panel 3 – Policy Paper Discussion (by invitation only)

Location King Carol I Saloon
Chair Mireille Rădoi (Romania)
14:00 – 16:30
  • TBD

Part 3 – Presentation of the ENERGINTELL 2025 Resolution

Location Aula
16:45 – 17:30 Mireille Rădoi & Cristian Bușu

Part 4 – Closing Remarks

Location Aula
17:30 – 18:00 Conclusions

Gala Dinner (by invitation only)

Location TBD
19:00 – 23:00 Gala Dinner

DAY 2
24th of October 2025

Location The Paltinu Dam, Valea Doftanei
08:30 – 20:30 Study trip (by invitation only)